Our health, wealth and sanity lay on the line. Do we jump in feet first or stand back and consider the consequences? Right now we'll stand with one foot either side of the knife and see how we roll.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Proud as punch

Hey Leo, you're about to pass the marker of 3 years and 3 months and I cannot believe all the truly beautiful things you can do. You, little guy, are amazing and as parents we're as proud as punch.

In no particular order:-

Travel on a plane

Journey in a car for up to 8 hours without too much of an issue

Ride a train in style

Sit on the top deck and at the front of a double decker bus

Paddle a kayak around a friend's outdoor swimming pool

Travel on the foot board of the vespa

Smash plastic balls with your plastic golf club in quick succession

Dribble and kick a football

Bounce on a trampoline without a net with a wicked bounce

Will say, 'excuse me' (or on a bad day - move out of the way)

Bob about in a pool with your floaty jacket on

Ride your bike all on your own

Use your imagination with clarity and beauty

Climb the wall at the park with just those little moulded rocks to hold on to

Bat a ball

Laugh like a drain

Rocket down the scary tube slide (you refused to do this until a month ago)

Traverse the zig zag frame that's high off the ground at the park

Mimic riding a motorbike

Sleep through the night (apart from when you rise at 5am - that really doesn't count)

After finishing your meal you'll ask, 'please can I get down'

Scoot barefoot on your scooter with wild abandon

Are becoming a little more generous with sharing (upon reflection we're still working on this)

Can drink half a litre of banana milk in seconds flat

Identify all those wild animals that cruise the landscape of your home in Africa

Talk with your eyes

You still have a blonde streak, but hey, that's absolutely OK. It means in our eyes you're not 100% bullet proof and that suits us just fine, because if you were you wouldn't need us and that is not up for question. Ever.